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Chasing bright medusas a life of Willa Cather

"A brief and tender biography of one of the greatest authors of the 20th century and an elegant exploration of artistic endurance, as told by a life-long lover of Willa Cather's work"--

Main Author:	Taylor, Benjamin, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	[New York] : Viking, [2023]
Subjects:	Cather, Willa, > 1873-1947. Women novelists, American > Biography. Biographies.

Summary:	"A brief and tender biography of one of the greatest authors of the 20th century and an elegant exploration of artistic endurance, as told by a life-long lover of Willa Cather's work"--
Physical Description:	180 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780593298824 0593298829
Author Notes:	Benjamin Taylor received a 2021 Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His memoir Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth was published by Penguin Books in 2020. His previous memoir, The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered , received the 2017 Los Angeles Times-Christopher Isherwood Prize and was named a New York Times Editors' Choice. His Proust: The Search was named a Best Book of 2015 by Thomas Mallon in The New York Times Book Review and Robert McCrum in The Observer . Taylor is a past fellow and current trustee of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and serves as president of the Edward F. Albee Foundation.

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